Helminths

Question 1

Nematodes (GI)

Answer 1

• Enterobius vermicularis (pin worm)
• Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus (hook worm)
• Ascaris lumbricoides (giant roundworm)
• Strongyloides stercoralis (thread worm)
• Trichinella spiralis

Question 2

Nematodes (tissue)

Answer 2

• Dracunculus medinensis
• Loa loa
• Toxocara canis
• Onchocerca volvulus
• Wuchereria bancrofti

Question 3

Cestodes

Answer 3

Tapeworms:

• Taenia solium
• Taenia saginata
• Diphyllobothrium latum
• Echinococcus granulosus

Question 4

Trematodes

Answer 4

Flukes:

• Schistosoma mansoni
• Schistosoma japonicum
• Schistosoma haematobium
• Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese or oriental liver fluke infection)
• Paragonimus westermani (oriental lung fluke infection; endemic hemoptysis)